Sarah Eaton

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 666 citations indexed

About

Sarah Eaton is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Eaton has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 666 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Sarah Eaton's work include China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (14 papers), Asian Industrial and Economic Development (5 papers) and Chinese history and philosophy (4 papers). Sarah Eaton is often cited by papers focused on China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (14 papers), Asian Industrial and Economic Development (5 papers) and Chinese history and philosophy (4 papers). Sarah Eaton collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and China. Sarah Eaton's co-authors include Genia Kostka, Richard Stubbs, Wendy Leutert, Reza Hasmath and Saori N. Katada and has published in prestigious journals such as Regional Studies, Environmental Politics and The China Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Eaton

22 papers receiving 614 citations

Hit Papers

Authoritarian Environmentalism Undermined? Local Leaders’... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Authoritarian Environmentalism Undermined? Local Leaders’ Time Horizons and Environmental Policy Implementation in China
    2014 262 citations Sarah Eaton, Genia Kostka The China Quarterly profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sarah Eaton Germany 13 370 210 188 118 82 22 666
Elizabeth Thurbon Australia 16 353 1.0× 176 0.8× 203 1.1× 153 1.3× 29 0.4× 28 674
Per‐Olof Busch Germany 9 232 0.6× 101 0.5× 190 1.0× 123 1.0× 98 1.2× 17 509
Mark Buntaine United States 15 125 0.3× 182 0.9× 212 1.1× 106 0.9× 131 1.6× 28 654
Nick Devas United Kingdom 15 357 1.0× 203 1.0× 267 1.4× 76 0.6× 43 0.5× 38 858
Michelle Cini United Kingdom 14 514 1.4× 138 0.7× 143 0.8× 210 1.8× 33 0.4× 44 795
Elizabeth Economy United States 11 398 1.1× 268 1.3× 106 0.6× 122 1.0× 61 0.7× 36 776
Julie Tian Miao Australia 13 291 0.8× 142 0.7× 197 1.0× 61 0.5× 52 0.6× 47 662
Tom Pegram United Kingdom 12 119 0.3× 188 0.9× 94 0.5× 122 1.0× 95 1.2× 31 595
Naghmeh Nasiritousi Sweden 16 185 0.5× 348 1.7× 275 1.5× 90 0.8× 266 3.2× 28 874
Xueyong Zhan Hong Kong 11 291 0.8× 355 1.7× 184 1.0× 251 2.1× 48 0.6× 25 811

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Eaton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Eaton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Eaton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Eaton, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Women's Work: The Gendered Nature of Appointment Politics in Subnational China. Government and Opposition. 60(1). 63–85. 2 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah, et al.. (2023). No county is an island: the rise of interjurisdictional cooperation among counties in China. Regional Studies. 57(10). 2021–2036. 6 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Provinces in Command: Changes in Prefectural Appointments from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping (2003-2020). Journal of Contemporary China. 32(144). 963–983. 1 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah, et al.. (2021). Diffusion of Practice: The Curious Case of the Sino-German Technical Standardisation Partnership. New Political Economy. 27(6). 958–971. 12 indexed citations
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Leutert, Wendy & Sarah Eaton. (2021). Deepening Not Departure: Xi Jinping's Governance of China's State-owned Economy. The China Quarterly. 248(S1). 200–221. 23 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah, et al.. (2021). Not at the table but stuck paying the bill: perceptions of injustice in China’s Xin’anjiang eco-compensation program. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 24(6). 581–597. 8 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah & Reza Hasmath. (2020). Economic Legitimation in a New Era: Public Attitudes to State Ownership and Market Regulation in China. The China Quarterly. 246. 447–472. 15 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah & Genia Kostka. (2018). What makes for good and bad neighbours? An emerging research agenda in the study of Chinese environmental politics. Environmental Politics. 27(5). 782–803. 39 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah & Genia Kostka. (2017). Central Protectionism in China: The “Central SOE Problem” in Environmental Governance. The China Quarterly. 231. 685–704. 107 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah & Genia Kostka. (2016). Central Protectionism in China: The 'Central SOE Problem' in Environmental Governance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah. (2015). The Advance of the State in Contemporary China. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 20 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah. (2014). The Gradual Encroachment of an Idea: Large Enterprise Groups in China. The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies. 31(2). 5–22. 3 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah & Genia Kostka. (2014). Authoritarian Environmentalism Undermined? Local Leaders’ Time Horizons and Environmental Policy Implementation in China. The China Quarterly. 218. 359–380. 262 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eaton, Sarah & Genia Kostka. (2013). Authoritarian Environmentalism Undermined? Local Leaders’ Time Horizons and Environmental Policy Implementation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 33 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah. (2013). Political Economy of the Advancing State: The Case of China's Airlines Reform. The China Journal. 69. 64–86. 17 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah, et al.. (2010). A principal–agent analysis of China's sovereign wealth system: Byzantine by design. Review of International Political Economy. 17(3). 481–506. 14 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah & Richard Stubbs. (2006). Is ASEAN powerful? Neo-realist versus constructivist approaches to power in Southeast Asia1. The Pacific Review. 19(2). 135–155. 45 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah. (2005). Crisis and the Consolidation of International Accounting Standards: Enron, The IASB, and America. Business and Politics. 7(3). 1–18. 26 indexed citations
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Eaton, Sarah, et al.. (1992). The Domestic Violence Component of the New York Task Force Report on Women in the Courts: An Evaluation and Assessment of New York City Courts. ˜The œFordham urban law journal/Fordham urban law journal. 19(2). 391. 2 indexed citations

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